PreCalculus Summer Packet Name: Answer Key

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Select all that is applicable:

1. √2 1. Real number, Irrational number

Real number, Irrational number, Rational number, Integer, Whole number, Natural numbers

13
2. - 2. Real number, Rational number
7

Real number, Irrational number, Rational number, Integer, Whole number, Natural numbers

3. Let f(x) = 3x + 2 and g(x) = 7x +6. Find f  g and its domain.

3. 21x2 + 32x + 12, Domain: All real numbers

f
4. Let f(x) = 3x – 6 and g(x) = x -2. Find and its domain.
g
4. 3, Domain: All real numbers, x  2

Write the expression as a single logarithm

5. 4logx – 6 log(x + 2)
x4
5. log
( x  6)6

1
6. Solve  644 x3
16
7
6.
12

7. Solve 1259x-2= 150. Round answer to the nearest ten-thousandth.

7. .3375

8. Solve 3log2x= 4. Round answer to the nearest ten-thousandth.

8. 10.7721
9. Solve log(x + 9) – log x = 3. Leave your answer in simplest form of fraction.
1
9.
111

10. Simplify ln e3

10. 3

11. The sales of lawn mowers t years after a particular model is introduced is given by the
function y = 5500 ln(9t + 4), where y is the number of mowers sold. How many mowers will
be sold 2 years after a model is introduced? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

11. # of mowers sold are 17001

12. A football was kicked vertically upward from a height of 4 feet with an initial speed of 60
feet per second. The formula h = 4 + 60t – 16t2 describes the ball’s height above the
ground, h, in feet, t seconds after it was kicked. What was the ball’s height 3.2 seconds
after it was kicked?

12. 32.16 ft

13. Evaluate the expression.

7( x  3)
;x 9
2 x  16
13. 21

14. Find the distance between a and b, a = -2.57 and b = 9.23

14. 11.8

15. Use absolute notation to describe the distance between a and 7 is no more than 9.
15. a7  9
 f (5)
16. If f(x) = 2x – 3 and g(x) = - 5x + 1, find the value of .
g (3)
7
16.
16
For problem # 17 – 19, graph the equations on the coordinate planes provided at the end of
the packet.
17. Find the slope of the line x = 5. Graph it on the coordinate plane.

17. undefined

18. Find the equation of a line in slope intercept form, passing through (2, 5) and parallel to 2x
+ 3y = - 12. Graph the given line and the line parallel to it on the coordinate plane.

2 19
18. y  x
3 3

19. Find the equation of line in standard form, passing through (-6, 4) and perpendicular to 3x +
4y = 7. Graph the given line and the line perpendicular to it on the coordinate plane.
19. 4x – 3y = -12

For problem # 20 and 21 write the equation in Logarithmic form.

20. 64 = 1,296
20. log6 1296  4
4
21. 125 3  625
4
21. log125 625 
3
For problem # 22 and 23 evaluate.
1
22. log5
625
22. -4
23. log 0.01

22. -2

For problem # 24 -32, factor the following expressions:

24. 5x2 + 15x
24. 5x(x + 3)
3 2
25. 10x – 4x

25. 2x2 (5x - 2)

26. 2x(x – 7) + 3(x -7)
26. (x – 7)(2x + 3)

27. x3 + 4x2 + 3x +12

27. (x + 4)(x2 + 3)

28. x2 + 3x – 18
28. (x + 6)(x -3)

29. 8x2 – 10x – 3

29. (4x + 1)(2x – 3)

30. 6x2 + 19x -7

30. (3x – 1)(2x + 7)

31. x2 – 4

31. (x – 2)(x + 2)

32. 81x2 – 49
32. (9x – 7)(9x + 7)

33. Solve by factoring.

6x2 – 17x +12 = 0
3 4
33. x ,
2 3

34. Solve the equation by using quadratic formula, leave answer in simplest form of radical.
2x2 – 6x + 1 = 0
3 7
34.
2
Simplify the following expressions.
35. 5(2x2 – 6x) –(4x2 -3x)
35. 6x2 – 27x
30 x3 y 4
36.
6 x9 y 4
5y 8
36.
x6

37. 128 x7 y 4
37. 8 x3 y 2 2 x
 3
38. 814

38. 27
39. 6r 3r

39. 3r 2

40. 4 50  3 18

40. 11 2
3
41.
5 2
3(5  2)
41.
23

x2  2 x  3
42.
x 2  3x  2

( x  3)
42.
( x  2)

43. (2x – 5)(x2 – 4x + 3)

43. 2x3 - 13x2 + 26x - 15

44. (5x + 3y)2

44. 25x2 + 30xy + 9y2

x2 x
45. 
2 4
45. 2x

1 1
46. 3 9
3 3

46. 3

47. (8  2)(9  5)

47. 72  8 5  9 2  10
 Solve the equation and check for extraneous solutions.
48. x  10  7  5

x = -6

Extraneous solution if any none

49. For the function f ( x)  x  6 x  5
2

Find the following and graph the function:

a. axis of symmetry

x = 3

b. coordinates of vertex

(3, -4)

c. x-intercept

(5, 0) and (1, 0)

d. Y-intercept

(0, 5)

50. Solve the following inequalities algebraically and graphically and write your answer using
interval notation:
3x – 2 <4 and -4x – 3  9

[-3, 2)